Etymograph

English

fele

Fele comes from Old English feola ‘much, many, very’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pélh₁u.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pélh₁u‘many’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*felu‘very, much’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CEsame form‘much, a lot’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150feola‘much, many, very’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fele
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1513same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pélh₁u‘many’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*felu‘very, much’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CEsame form‘much, a lot’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150feola‘much, many, very’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fele
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1513same form

Earliest quotation: 1513, Gavin Douglas: “This cruel monstre, […] Infect with fell venoum”.

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *pélh₁u

Today it means

adv greatly, much, very

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pélh₁u / fele

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